Fun history facts for adults

The Nile River

• The Nile River is one of the most famous rivers in the world, and it was here that the civilization of Ancient Egypt was built, in northeast Africa.
• Most of the money and wealth that the ancient Egyptians built was because of the Nile River and the many skills they learned from it.
• Egyptian people had to learn to become experts in irrigation by taking water from the Nile and using to grow crops that could be sold.
• Great Egyptian cities were built because of this and the Nile was used for water as well as many other things like food, soil and to transport both the crops and Egyptian people.
• Every year there would be great floods along the Nile River and this would dig up fertile soil from the river bed which was very useful for growing food.
• The Nile flows right through to the Mediterranean Sea and it does this for 960 miles (1545 km).

The Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

• Many historians group the history of Ancient Egypt into three major kingdoms: the Old Kingdom,